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. 2020 Feb 7;8:70. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00070

Table 3.

Effects of reaction systems on the production of furfural from xylose/xylan.

Entry Feedstock Solvent system Catalyst T (°C) Furfural yield (%) References
1 Xylose H2O CrPO4 160 18 Xu et al., 2018b
2 Xylose NaCl-H2O/n-Butanol (10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 48 Xu et al., 2018b
3 Xylose NaCl-H2O/2-Butanol(10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 19 Xu et al., 2018b
4 Xylose NaCl-H2O/Toluene(10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 71 Xu et al., 2018b
5 Xylose NaCl-H2O/MIBK(10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 86 Xu et al., 2018b
6 Xylose NaCl-H2O/MeTHF(10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 82 Xu et al., 2018b
7 Xylose NaCl-H2O/THF(10/30,v/v) CrPO4 160 88 Xu et al., 2018b
8 Xylose NaCl-H2O/THF(10/20,v/v) CrPO4 160 69 Xu et al., 2018b
9 Xylose NaCl-H2O/THF(10/40,v/v) CrPO4 160 43 Xu et al., 2018b
10 Xylose NaCl-H2O/THF(1/4,v/v) AlCl3 · 6H2O 140 75 Yang et al., 2012b
11 Xylose H2O/THF CO2 160 53.3 Özbek et al., 2018
12 Hemicellulose hydrolysate H2O/THF CO2 170 39.6 Özbek et al., 2018
13 Brown seaweed H2O/THF (5/95,v/v) H3PW12O40 180 33.8 Park et al., 2016
14 Wheat straw H2O/THF/MIBK(1/1/1, v/v) CO2 180 43 Morais et al., 2016